I am very pleased to announce that our Jingjia Li has brilliantly defended her Ph.D. dissertation on the “Functional and evolutionary dynamics of genes involved in drought tolerance in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.)”!
It has been such a pleasure being the primary advisor of Jingjia in the past four years and to witness her growth as a scientist in my lab. Her work has shed light on many molecular process related to drought tolerance in loblolly. I couldn’t be more excited for her future endevors!